How to calculate time in hours between two dates in iOS

Question

How can I calculate the time elapsed in hours between two times (possibly occurring on different days) in iOS?

Answer 1

For those who use swift 3 and above,

    let dateString1 = "2018-03-15T14:20:00.000Z"
    let dateString2 = "2018-03-20T14:20:00.000Z"

    let Dateformatter = DateFormatter()
    Dateformatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"

    let date1 = Dateformatter.date(from: dateString1)
    let date2 = Dateformatter.date(from: dateString2)

    let distanceBetweenDates: TimeInterval? = date2?.timeIntervalSince(date1!)
    let secondsInAnHour: Double = 3600
    let secondsInDays: Double = 86400
    let secondsInWeek: Double = 604800

    let hoursBetweenDates = Int((distanceBetweenDates! / secondsInAnHour))
    let daysBetweenDates = Int((distanceBetweenDates! / secondsInDays))
    let weekBetweenDates = Int((distanceBetweenDates! / secondsInWeek))

    print(weekBetweenDates,"weeks")//0 weeks
    print(daysBetweenDates,"days")//5 days
    print(hoursBetweenDates,"hours")//120 hours